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Real's opponents that night were Deportivo de La Coruña. It was
Real's 100th birthday and it had been set up for them. The federation
had been lobbied to change the date of the final to make it coincide
exactly with the centenary and to play it at the Bernabéu. In the end,
the pressure proved too much. As the clock ticked towards midnight, it
was the north stand of the stadium, packed with more than 20,000 Depor
fans, that was singing "Happy birthday to you!" The rest of the ground
had emptied. Depor were cup winners, the centenariazo completed, one of the great nights in Spanish football history.

Casillas
will not be playing on Friday, but that memory remains for Real. Their
opponents this time are city rivals Atlético and it was Atlético, not
Real, who pushed for the Bernabéu to be the venue for the final – a
final incidentally, moved to Friday so as not to clash with Saturday's
Eurovision Song Contest. Real said they wanted to play at the Camp Nou
and Atlético's president Enrique Cerezo initially insisted that, when it
came to a city derby in the final, it was the Vicente Calderón's turn
to host it. But he was soon persuaded that the Bernabéu had a bigger
capacity, and that, besides, it could just be good for them.

Sure,
Madrid will be at home, on a pitch they know and in a stadium with
which they are familiar. But this time the ground will contain at least
30,000 Atlético fans. "And our fans will shout louder," says João
Miranda. Even the royal box will be divided: King Juan Carlos is a Real
fan while his son Felipe claims to support Atlético.

Besides, the
last time these two sides met in the Copa del Rey final was at the
Bernabéu in 1992, when Luis Aragonés harangued his players by picking up
a bottle in the dressing room and proceeding to tell them, in less than
polite language, that they should insert it in Real's backsides. It may
not have been the bottle that did it but Atlético won the match.